diff --git a/common/exceptions.hh b/common/exceptions.hh
index 9914847063793de74ad6c56efb77efe9b145e1ef..57b9895a3fcc8d1dbff2e296a8661e3dc57d2650 100644
--- a/common/exceptions.hh
+++ b/common/exceptions.hh
@@ -95,11 +95,11 @@ namespace Dune {
 
   inline void Exception::message(std::string message) {
     _message = message;
-  };
+  }
 
   inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream &stream, Exception &e) {
     return stream << e.what();
-  };
+  }
 
   // the "format" the exception-type gets printed.  __FILE__ and
   // __LINE__ are standard C-defines, the GNU cpp-infofile claims that